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OP, I know you want to put this all behind you and just move on, but your post here made me think of something.   You don't know what you don't know.  In other words, it may be that this host-mom calls and specifically invites other moms to the park each day (or when she is going) and it's not as casual as you think it is.  And actually, maybe some of the other mothers do the same thing.  She might like you enough and think you're nice, but in her head, you are not part of this invisible "inner circle" that she creates when she goes to the park.  If you happen to be there when they are there, great.  You're nice, they're nice back and you all strike up a conversation.  But, there might be 3 or 4 of them that specifically call each other when they go to the park.

As a result, she called those moms and invited them to the b-day party - and thought nothing about excluding you because in her head, she calls them all the other times and when you see them there, you're not upset you weren't "invited" for other playdate/park get-togethers so why would this be any different.

I dunno - it just a thought. [/quote]

this sounds like a very real possibility.  are you close with any of the other moms in the group (i.e. close enough that you speak to them off the playground, independently)?  if so, you could ask if there is some independent network among them that goes beyond just bumping into each other at the playground?[/quote]

I agree.  For example, one of the churches in my neighborhood sponsors a babysitting co-op with a set number of participants, mostly consisting of members of that church, but I believe there are some "outsiders" too.  But they are all neighborhood moms who are frequently in the park together for co-op playdates.[/quote]

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